Weekly Quote from
Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan,
z"l (1881-1983)
Religion, like government and language, cannot even begin to be real with less than two minds.... Religion does not begin when an individual human being enters into relationship with a god; there must first be at least two human beings.

Keddem Congregation is a community-led, Jewish
Reconstructionist congregation, passionately committed to
infusing tradition with new meaning. Keddem is based in Palo Alto,
California, on the San Francisco Peninsula.

Worship, study, community and governance at Keddem are based on
the following values: Keddem Congregation is inclusive,
egalitarian, participatory, inquiring, innovative, and
compassionate.

Keddem members, it's time to renew your membership for the 2017-2018 year.
Please use
this online form.
You will be able to pay dues by credit card (via PayPal), by mailing a check, or
by directing payment from your bank or other source.

To renew by mail, print the PDF file attached to the renewal email message we
sent out, fill it out, and return with your check to
the address below.
If you are unable to print and want a form mailed to you, please send us
email
with your postal address and we'll send you one.

Help Keddem While You Shop!

Did you know that you can painlessly help Keddem while you shop
for your everyday purchases? Learn how!

Keddem's Email Lists

Keddem maintains four email lists for announcements and discussion: The
Members List, the Interest List, the NewsWire List, and the Discussion List.

For a description of each list and information on how to join a list, update your email address, remove yourself from a list, or post to a list, click
here. (As mentioned there,
archives are available for all of these lists.)

We are one of over 100 congregations and havurot
affiliated with the Jewish Reconstructionist Communities. Liberal in outlook,
yet respecting tradition, Reconstructionism is the newest of the
four movements of organized American Judaism. To learn more,
click here.

Keddem is located in Palo Alto,
California, the heart of Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area.
We're but 30 miles from San Francisco and 17 miles from San
José, in the "mid-peninsula" or "south peninsula" area.

If you're looking for Kedem Congregation in Melbourne,
Australia, you'll find them
here!